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‘BEST HORSE IN COUNTRY’ IN SANTA ANITA HANDICAP MASSIVE EXOTIC POOLS GUARANTEED NEXT SATURDAY UNBEATEN DORTMUND TO RUN IN SAN FELIPE STAKES WOE TO FOES OF PAIN AND MISERY IN SAN FELIPE? SHARED BELIEF CARRIES HIGHWEIGHT OF 125 IN BIG ‘CAP Shared Belief, “the best horse in the country,” will carry his greatest […]

SMITH SEEKS AN UNPRECEDENTED TRIPLE IN BIG ‘CAP BRONZO, HARD ACES WORK FOR SANTA ANITA HANDCAP COOL HAND SMITH EYES THIRD STRAIGHT BIG ‘CAP WIN Mike Smith has been down this road before. The Hall of Fame jockey has ridden in hundreds of major races throughout his career of more than 33 […]

SANTA ANITA WORKS ACCELERATED TO BEAT THE RAIN STELLAR WIND MAKES SANTA ANITA DEBUT SATURDAY CONQUEST TWO STEP STAYS HOME FOR SAN CARLOS LUZZI WINS SANTA ANITA’S GEORGE WOOLF AWARD PROSPECT PARK DRILLS FOR SATURDAY’S SAN FELIPE Bud Collier should have been at Clockers’ Corner Friday morning. While he wouldn’t have hosted […]

SHARED BELIEF ON TARGET FOR $1 MILLION BIG ‘CAP UNDEFEATED DORTMUND WORKS, SAN FELIPE NEXT? STEVENS RECALLS SEABISCUIT AND GEORGE WOOLF KOBE‘S BACK IS BACK FOR THE SAN CARLOS STAKES PURE TACTICS STEPS UP IN GRADE I KILROE MILE POTENTIALLY BIG PAY DAYS LOOM ON BIG ‘CAP DAY RIDING GREAT JERRY LAMBERT DEAD AT […]

IT’S NEVER TOO SOON FOR DERBY FEVER: SOLIS HOLLENDORFER TO ENTER TRIO IN SANTA YSABEL POTENTIALLY BIG PAY DAYS LOOM ON BIG ‘CAP DAY SOLIS HOPES TO FILL IN DERBY VOID WITH METABOSS Hall of Fame, 5,000 victories, Breeders’ Cup successes. The only thing missing from the resume of Alex Solis is one […]

STEADY BETTYS BAMBINO SET FOR SENSATIONAL STAR SPAWR REMEMBERS BARGAIN CLAIM SENSATIONAL STAR TEXAS RED DOING SWIMMINGLY FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY BIG PAY DAYS IN OFFING ON BIG ‘CAP DAY MARCH 7 HORSE FOR COURSE SET FOR SENSATIONAL STAR Bettys Bambino, a Horse for Course if ever there was one, goes for his […]

AMERICAN PHAROAH WORKS FOR 3-YEAR-OLD DEBUT TOMORROW IS DOLLAR DAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK BEHOLDER DRILLS FOR HER RETURN TO THE RACES AMERICAN PHAROAH ‘IMPRESSIVE’ IN DRILL FOR BAFFERT American Pharoah, a leading member of Bob Baffert’s “best crop of three-year-olds in years,” worked five furlongs Sunday at Santa Anita on a […]

CHROME CAPTURES FANS’ FANCY IN SAN ANTONIO HOLLENDORFER: SAN ANTONIO A ‘RIDER’S RACE’ BAFFERT ON OUTSIDE WITH DORTMUND IN LEWIS AMERICAN PHAROAH CONSIDERED FOR SAN FELIPE VAN DYKE STRONGER SANS WEIGHT ALLOWANCE HECTOR PALMA: FROM MEXICO TO MOUNTAIN TOP HORSEMEN, HORSE PLAYERS ON EDGE FOR SAN ANTONIO The San Antonio has captured the […]

SMITH LIKES THE LOOK OF SHARED BELIEF CHROME, HOPPERTUNITY POLAR OPPOSITES CALIFORNIA CHROME SLIGHT FAVORITE LEWIS LURES SIX SOPHS ON DERBY TRAIL BETTER ‘DYNAMICS’ IN SAN MARCOS STAKES? SHARED BELIEF ALL HEART ON THE RACE TRACK Shared Belief is not much to look at. He’s no War Admiral or Zenyatta. But it’s not […]

CHROME SET FOR SAN ANTONIO; HOPPERTUNITY IN SISE GETS EARLY DOSE OF KENTUCKY DERBY FEVER SANTA ANITA RIDERS SET FOR BASKETBALL CHARITY BIGGER, BETTER VERSION OF CHROME IN 2015 Take it from a man who’s been as close to the horse as anyone: California Chrome is bigger and better than last year. So […]

EYES OF THE RACING WORLD ARE ON TEXAS RED HOPPERTUNITY TO DRILL; SAN ANTONIO NEXT? TEXAS RED STARTS DOWN KENTUCKY DERBY PATH Kent Desormeaux has won the Kentucky Derby three times, but trainer Keith, his brother, has never started a horse in the Run for the Roses. That could change if Breeders’ Cup […]

BLINKERS ON SECRET CIRCLE IN PALOS VERDES CASSE DUO STEPS UP IN GRADE I LAS VIRGENES TALCO SEEKS FIRST U.S. STAKES WIN IN ARCADIA BENCH WARRANT TRIES THE DIRT IN SAN VICENTE SUNDAY’S ‘BIG GAME’ BRINGS VARIED OPINIONS BAFFERT TRIES TO TEACH OLD DOG OLD TRICK With a bankroll of $2,430,790 from only […]

AUDIBLE PLACES BIG MACHER IN PALOS VERDES HIGH FIVE FOR HOLLENDORFER IN LAS VIRGENES STEADY HOME RUN KITTEN IN FORM FOR ARCADIA ‘CHROME’ VOX POPULI AUCTION STARTS TODAY SERVICES THIS SATURDAY FOR GARY DIMKICH BALTAS HOPES TO IMPROVE ON CLAIM TO FAME Stymie and Lava Man are two of racing’s greatest claims. […]

CALIFORNIA CHROME DRILLS FOR SAN ANTONIO BEJARANO, WILD DUDE SET FOR PALOS VERDES BAFFERT COULD ENTER THREE IN LAS VIRGENES DESORMEAUX DREAMIN’ DERBY WITH TEXAS RED THE TRUMAN SHOW IS IN PERPETUAL RERUNS CHROME SET FOR SAN ANTONIO; BAYERN ‘DOUBTFUL’ Horse of the Year California Chrome worked a mile in 1:41.40, breezing, at […]

SADLER KEEN ON SWEET SWAP SUNDAY TEXAS RED DRILLS FOR 3-YEAR-OLD DEBUT FIRING LINE WORKS FOR GRADE III LEWIS CLOCKERS’ CORNER HAS ITS DAY IN THE SUN Perhaps no track on the globe offers the magnetic lure of Clockers’ Corner, Santa Anita’s popular early morning gathering place for horsemen and hoi polloi […]

HORSE OF THE YEAR DRILLS FOR SAN ANTONIO DESORMEAUX AND HESS TEAM UP IN CAL DERBY VERSATILE KATHLEEN ROSE IS BACK SPRINTING TEXAS RED NARROWLY MISSES ECLIPSE AWARD BIG MACHER WORKS FOR THE CAL CUP SPRINT CALIFORNIA CHROME WORKS FOR SAN ANTONIO Horse of the Year California Chrome–has a nice ring to it, […]

CALIFORNIA CHROME: THE PEOPLE’S CHAMPION BOB BAFFERT: ‘THE RIGHT HORSE WON IT’ SHEER PLEASURE TRIES TURF IN CAL CUP OAKS MARTIN PEDROZA: RACING’S ENERGIZER BUNNY ESPINOZA PROUD AND HONORED ON ‘AMAZING’ YEAR All’s right with the world this morning. California Chrome is Horse of the Year. When it comes to results, this wasn’t […]

LEXIE LOU TRIES THE DIRT IN GRADE II LA CANADA DANCINTHENIGHTAWAY IN TUNE FOR FIRST STAKES SHARED BELIEF IN GOOD FORM FOR SAN ANTONIO AND HORSE OF THE YEAR IS . . . CALIFORNIA CHROME! CONSISTENT LEXIE LOU HOPES TO MAKE DIRT ‘MARK’ Lexie Lou, a consistent daughter of the Sadler’s Wells stallion […]

CHROME IN ‘OUTSTANDING’ DRILL FOR SAN ANTONIO ESPINOZA TAKES SOLACE IN A JOB WELL DONE STEADY WARREN’S VENEDA EYES PASEANA GOLD CALIFORNIA CHROME WORKS TOWARDS 4-YEAR-OLD DEBUT Horse of the Year finalist California Chrome had an “outstanding” workout at his Los Alamitos headquarters Saturday morning as the Kentucky Derby king prepares for his […]

MAJESTIC HARBOR FRESH FOR THE SAN PASQUAL FLORIDA INVADER DEBUTS FOR O’NEILL IN SHAM MAIDEN CALCULATOR MAKES SENSE TO JON WHITE FATHER AND SON MANDELLA VIE IN PASEANA CALIFORNIA CHROME HONORED HERE SATURDAY IMPROVEMENT DUE FOR MAJESTIC HARBOR IN SAN PASQUAL Fresh, fit and formidable, Majestic Harbor is expected to return to the […]

BRONZO IN FIRST START SINCE BREEDERS’ CUP UNBLUNTED GETS ANOTHER CHANCE IN SHAM PERDOMO WINNING AGAIN IN NATIVE URUGUAY CALIFORNIA CHROME HONORED ON SATURDAY DRYSDALE SADDLES SON OF DERBY WINNER IN SAN PASQUAL If Bronzo performs as well as his sire did in the 2000 Kentucky Derby, Neil Drysdale should be a most […]

THE FUTURE IS NOW FOR TEAM CALIFORNIA CHROME HOPPERTUNITY WORKS FOR GRADE II SAN PASQUAL MIRACLE HORSE RECOVERS IN THE ‘NICK’ OF TIME BIG MACHER FIRES BULLET FOR CAL CUP SPRINT BUSY DAYS AHEAD FOR TEAM CALIFORNIA CHROME Art Sherman not only trains California Chrome, he’s also a fan. Like the rest of […]

BAYERN, CHROME WORK FOR POSSIBLE REMATCH STEADY VELVET MESQUITE SET FOR THE MONROVIA HRTV TO ANNOUNCE ECLIPSE FINALISTS WEDNESDAY SAN ANTONIO COULD LURE RACING’S BIG THREE Bayern and California Chrome, each a strong contender for Horse of the Year and male 3-year-old champion honors for 2014, worked at Santa Anita and Los Alamitos, […]

SOLIS TAKES MILESTONE 5,000TH VICTORY IN STRIDE TEAM O’NEILL EYES ‘ONE MORE’ WIN IN MONROVIA NO HIDING JUDY IN DISGUISE FOR MONROVIA STAKES ELTONINADRESS FASHIONABLE AMONG HORSEMEN SOLIS REMEMBERS HIS ROOTS AFTER 5,000TH TRIUMPH It was just another day at the office for Alex Solis after recording career victory No. 5,000 Thursday at […]

SATURDAY IS MILLER TIME AT SANTA ANITA IS GRASS IS GREENER FOR WARM BREEZE? CALIFORNIA CHROME ‘VOX POPULI’ WINNER BUDWEISER CLYDESDALES HERE SATURDAY MILLER EYES STAKES DOUBLE SATURDAY Peter Miller will be a busy man on Saturday. The 48-year-old trainer has horses entered in five races, including the Santa Ynez Stakes and the […]

PROCTOR SENDS OUT PAIR IN GRADE II MONROVIA NAKATANI ON THE MARK WITH CASSE IN SAN GABRIEL SANTA ANITA WORKERS HAVE TO WARM TO THEIR TASK UNUSUAL HEAT STILL A HOT STUD AS HE TURNS 25 GLEN HILL FARM HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN MONROVIA Should anyone ask if there’s a […]

WELL-HEALED TOM’S TRIBUTE SET FOR SAN GABRIEL BASEBALL NOSTALGIA REIGNS IN ‘NICK’ OF TIME DESORMEAUX OFF TO FAST START AT SANTA ANITA OPENING DAY ATTENDANCE & HANDLE NUMBERS WAY UP TOM’S TRIBUTE SET FOR SATURDAY’S GRADE II SAN GABRIEL Jim Cassidy expects Tom’s Tribute to rebound from a third-place finish as the […]

OPENING DAY AT SANTA ANITA NEVER GROWS OLD MACHOWSKY HOPES TO SMELL THE ROSES IN FRANKEL BARGAIN CLAIM DRAWS BETTER POST FOR RON ELLIS TRAINER HENRY MORENO ON HAND AT CLOCKERS’ CORNER FRANKEL AND LOGAN: THE BUCK STOPS WITH TRUMAN Like the picture of Dorian Gray, opening day at Santa Anita never grows […]

CHROME WORKS FOR 2014 DEBUT AT SANTA ANITA BREEDERS’ CUP WINNER BAYERN FIRES A BULLET CASSE CHARGE TACKLES GRADE I FOES IN MALIBU BAFFERT IN QUEST OF SEVENTH LA BREA VICTORY ALL IN THE FAMILY THIS YEAR FOR DESORMEAUX AWESOME RETURN EYES ANOTHER TURF VICTORY SHERMAN: TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES OF 2014 Pressing […]

HONORS AT STAKE FOR SHARED BELIEF IN MALIBU? TARIS MAKES CALIFORNIA DEBUT IN GRADE I LA BREA GOODBYE GOLDENCENTS, HELLO DOUG O’NEILL CHAMPION BEHOLDER RETURNS TO SANTA ANITA SHARED BELIEF HEADS GRADE I MALIBU ON OPENING DAY The Malibu Stakes, for more than half a century recognized as one of racing’s most prestigious […]

BAYERN’S VICTORY BRINGS CLASSIC CONTROVERSY VELAZQUEZ WINS THIRD BILL SHOEMAKER AWARD DISPUTES REIGN OVER BAYERN’S BREEDERS’ CUP WIN The racing gods work in mysterious ways. Twenty years ago, in what remains a controversial decision most observers feel is in question to this day, following a stewards’ inquiry, The Wicked North was disqualified from […]

‘HORSE FOR COURSE’ SET FOR GRADE III MADDY DISTANCE IS IDEAL FOR RHAGORI ON CLOSING DAY SHOEMAKER AWARD TO TOP BREEDERS’ CUP JOCKEY TRAINER HOPES IT’S MILLER TIME IN SEN. KEN MADDY STAKES With three victories from four starts on Santa Anita’s unique downhill turf course at about 6 ½ furlongs, On the […]

IRISH SURF TRIES TO GO THE DISTANCE ON FRIDAY HARTY SEEKS LUCK OF THE IRISH IN TWILIGHT DERBY TAKE BACK SPRING GOES FOR GOLDEN STATE GOLD YOUNG SAYS CALIFORNIA CHROME LOOKS LIKE OLD SELF Private clocker Gary Young likes what he sees from California Chrome as the Kentucky Derby winner cranks up for […]

GIANTS ARE TONIGHT’S PRIORITY FOR ALAN SHERMAN IF STEVENS HAD HIS CLASSIC DRUTHERS, IT’S BAYERN NO. 1 NOT ELLIS’ FAVORITE FOR SEEKING THE SHERIF FLORES: WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS IN SINGAPORE BASEBALL BEFORE RACING TONIGHT FOR ALAN SHERMAN Alan Sherman, like everyone else involved with Team California Chrome, is focused on Saturday’s […]

CANDY BOY CARRIES SADLER’S HOPES IN CLASSIC CALIFORNIA CHROME IN SHARP WORK AT LOS AL SHARED BELIEF ‘RIGHT ON SCHEDULE’ FOR CLASSIC BIG MACHER, RICH TAPESTRY DRILL FOR SPRINT SADLER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ‘THE OTHER 3-YEAR-OLD’ Four 3-year-olds are grabbing all the headlines in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, but that’s OK with John Sadler. […]

TRAINER BALTAS CONFIDENT BIG MACHER WILL RUN HIS RACE TEMPERATURE PUTS BEHOLDER OUT OF BREEDERS’ CUP UNTAPABLE, TAPITURE GET OVER TRACK WELL FOR ASMUSSEN BIG MACHER IN SHARP DRILL FOR BREEDERS’ CUP SPRINT Bargain claim Big Macher worked five furlongs on a picturesque Sunday morning at Santa Anita in a bullet :58.60 […]

• TRAINING OF GOLDENCENTS MORA LESS THE SAME • BC MILE HAS NEW LOOK WITH WISE DAN ON SIDELINES • RICH TAPESTRY, CALIFORNIA CHROME WORK SATURDAY THERE’S A SILVER LINING IN GOLDENCENTS’ TRAINING There’s a change in the trainer of record, but not much else in the conditioning regimen of Goldencents as the Santa […]

CANDY BOY WORKS FOR ‘PROBABLE’ CLASSIC START CALIFORNIA CHROME IN ‘GREAT’ DRILL FOR BC CLASSIC MOULIN DE MOUGIN TO MISS BREEDERS’ CUP F&M TURF CANDY BOY DRILLS BUT ‘NOT DEFINITE’ FOR BC CLASSIC So far it’s been close but no cigar for John Sadler in the Breeders’ Cup, but the highly successful training […]

‘WISE’ DECISION PROMPTS SOME CLASSIC OPINIONS SECRET CIRCLE TO DEFEND BREEDERS’ CUP SPRINT TITLE RICH TAPESTRY PROVES HE’S THE REAL DEAL TO BAFFERT CALIFORNIA CHROME FEELS LIKE OLD SELF, ESPINOZA SAYS DESORMEAUX RECOVERING WELL FROM KICK TO THE CHEST FIVE COULD VIE FOR HORSE OF THE YEAR IN BC CLASSIC With trainer Charlie […]

INTO OBLIVION RIDES WAVE INTO SURFER GIRL STAKES CALIFORNIA CHROME IN CLASSIC WORK AT LOS ALAMITOS PAPAPRODROMOU HOPES CLAIM FIRES IN ZUMA BEACH WHITE MAKES SHARED BELIEF BC CLASSIC FAVORITE INTO OBLIVION SEEKS TO MAKE AMENDS IN SURFER GIRL Breaking from the rail and setting the pace until the final strides, Into Oblivion […]

ANKENY HILL STEPS UP IN SA SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP ‘HOPE’ SPRINGS ETERNAL FOR SCHOOLOFHARDROCKS UNBEATEN ‘DEBBIE’ SHOPS FOR BIG-TIME VICTORY SHARED BELIEF TO WORK NEXT AT GOLDEN GATE FIELDS POST AIDS ANKENY HILL AGAINST THE BIG BOYS Ankeny Hill takes a major step up in company from his win in the restricted Pirate’s […]

SECRET CIRCLE RETURNS IN SA SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP TRAINER HOPES IT’S MILLER TIME IN CITY OF HOPE ESPINOZA TO MAKE MOST OF SEVEN-DAY SUSPENSION HALL OF FAMER MATTHEWS HEADS GROUP HONORING LATE COACH SECRET CIRCLE PREPARES FOR BREEDERS’ CUP ON SATURDAY Secret Circle returns after an eight-month absence Saturday as he prepares […]

AWESOME AGAIN AFTERMATH: THE BEAT GOES ON BREEDERS’ CUP REUNION IN SA SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP CANCHARI SCORES HIS FIRST VICTORY AT SANTA ANITA OPINIONS ON AWESOME AGAIN ARE WIDE AND WOOLY Rain danced briefly and intermittently on Clockers’ Corner Sunday morning, but not enough to put a damper on the buzz of the […]

IT’S NOT UNUSUAL TO BE A 25-YEAR-OLD STALLION McANALLY REMEMBERS THE GREAT JOHN HENRY HOME RUN KITTEN EYES BREEDERS’ CUP TURF SPRINT PATRIOTIC ABRAMS EYES ‘STARSPANGLED’ VICTORY Call it karma, but Barry Abrams has Starspangled Heat entered in Sunday’s Grade II, $200,000 John Henry Turf Championship for 3-year-olds and up at 1 […]

FOR THE SOLIS FAMILY, RACING IS IN THE BLOOD(STOCK) BAILEY: AWESOME AGAIN UPSET WOULD BE BEYOND ‘BELIEF’ BRICE BLANC WILL SEEK TO AVOID RODEO DRIVE TRAFFIC EXPERIENCE PAYS FOR SOLIS II IN SHARED BELIEF Although they’re in different vocations, when it comes to Hall of Fame jockey Alex Solis, and his […]

FED BIZ SET TO FLY FROM THE RAIL IN AWESOME AGAIN STAKES AMERICAN PHAROAH, OTHERS, STRETCH OUT IN FRONTRUNNER BEE BRAVE HEADING IN RIGHT DIRECTION FOR RODEO DRIVE OUTSIDE POSTS IN EDDIE D. OK WITH GARY MANDELLA SEE STANLEY CUP UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AT SANTA ANITA FED BIZ READY TO ROCK […]

MILLIONAIRE IMPERATIVE MEETS CHAMP IN AWESOME AGAIN IOTAPA CHALLENGES BEHOLDER IN ZENYATTA STAKES MISS SERENDIPITY ON GOOD PATH FOR RODEO DRIVE HALL OF FAMER SOLIS RETURNS TO HOME AND FAMILY TRAINER HAS ‘IMPERATIVE’ TASK: BEAT SHARED BELIEF With 13 letters and five syllables, George Papaprodromou is the biggest name in racing. Well, […]

• TITLE IN VIEW, O’NEILL ON ROLL FOR UNCHARTED FUTURE • IMPERATIVE SEEKS ANOTHER UPSET OF ‘DUDE’ IN GOLD CUP • MAJESTIC HARBOR, SALTO DEL INDIO IN GOLD CUP WORKS O’NEILL READY TO MEET NEW CHALLENGES IN SO-CAL Doug O’Neill holds a slight lead over onrushing Peter Miller in his bid for a fourth Santa […]

• STORY TO TELL EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS FOR HENDRICKS • HARTY HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN SUMMERTIME OAKS • ELVIS IS IN THE BUILDING AND WINNING AT SANTA ANITA • GAME ON DUDE DRILLS FOR GOLD CUP AT SANTA ANITA HENDRICKS TWO-YEAR-OLD HAS A ‘STORY TO TELL’ The tale of Story to Tell was clearly […]

• DERBY DREAMS START NEXT SUNDAY AT SANTA ANITA • SON OF SEATTLE SLEW’S TRAINER DRAFTED BY RED SOX • STAKES-WINNING BIG MACHER WORKS FOR HIS RETURN O’NEILL HAS TWO SET FOR SANTA ANITA JUVENILE STAKES It’s 11 months until the 2015 Kentucky Derby, but hopes and dreams of winning the 141st Run for the […]

• WIN, LOSE OR DEAD-HEAT, ‘CHROME’ IS ESPINOZA’S FAVORITE • HRTV RECEIVES SEVEN REGIONAL EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS • STAKES-WINNING BIG MACHER GOES BACK TO WORK SUNDAY ESPINOZA OFF TO ENGLAND AFTER TRIPLE CROWN RUN From Louisville to Letterman to London, Victor Espinoza is piling up the Frequent Flyer mileage. Recently back from the Triple Crown […]

• OBVIOUSLY ‘SPEED OF THE SPEED’ IN SHOEMAKER MILE • McANALLY REMEMBERS ‘THE SHOE’ AND JOHN HENRY • SADLER DOUBLES DOWN IN GRADE I VANITY STAKES D’AMATO LOOKS FOR BIG EFFORT FROM OBVIOUSLY In his 16 starts in the United States, Obviously has been in front all the way or at somepoint in 14 of […]

• CHROME’S TRIPLE BID ENDS BUT NOT CONTROVERSY • DENMAN TAKES A BREATHER, MIRAHMADI FILLS IN • SPAWR HAS FOND MEMORIES OF RETIRED CHAMPION HORSEMEN PONDER WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR CHROME Opinions were as plentiful as discarded mutuel tickets at Santa Anita Sunday morning in the aftermath of California Chrome’s unsuccessful bid to become […]

• TRAINERS TAKE A SHINE TO ‘CHROME’ IN BELMONT • FAN HAS A MILLION REASONS TO ROOT FOR ‘CHROME’ • CALIFORNIA CHROME NASAL STRIPS AVAILABLE JUNE 7 SANTA ANITA-BASED TRAINERS SUPPORT CALIFORNIA CHROME It’s no surprise that peers of Art Sherman are rooting for California Chrome to capture the Triple Crown, but whether the California-bred […]

• TEST OF CHAMPIONS IS THE TOUGHEST RACE TO WIN • SHORT TURNAROUND FOR TIZ A KEY IN AMERICAN OAKS • GRADE II CALIFORNIAN DRAWS TWO ‘MAJESTIC’ RUNNERS • CALIFORNIA CHROME NASAL STRIPS AVAILABLE JUNE 7 KNOWLEDGE OF BELMONT TRACK HELPFUL, DESORMEAUX SAYS If there’s ever been a tougher beat than Real Quiet’s in the […]

• CLOCKER SAYS ‘CHROME’ 50-50 TO WIN TRIPLE CROWN • FIRST POST TIME AT SANTA ANITA MONDAY IS 1:30 P.M. • HESS AND DESORMEAUX HAVE WINNING CHEMISTRY • IMPERATIVE WORKS FOR THE GOLD CUP AT SANTA ANITA NEW SHOOTERS, DISTANCE TEST CHROME IN BELMONT STAKES California Chrome went off as the 1-2 post time favorite […]

• CALIFORNIA CHROME ‘BREAKING ALL THE RULES’ • AFRICAN OIL STEPS UP IN GRADE II WHITTINGHAM • COLOR OF COURAGE DEBUTS FOR RICHARD MANDELLA • RAFAEL BEJARANO RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL CALIFORNIA CHROME A ‘TREMENDOUSLY GIFTED ATHLETE’ Trainer Ron Ellis is among the growing list of horsemen who has been won over by California Chrome. The […]

• ‘CHROME’ SPURS ESPINOZA CONFIDENCE IN PREAKNESS • JON WHITE JUMPS ABOARD ‘CHROME’ BANDWAGON • FANS CAN PARTY ON AT SANTA ANITA PREAKNESS DAY • OBVIOUSLY FIRING BULLETS FOR AMERICAN STAKES ESPINOZA’S FAITH PREVAILS IN ‘CHROME’ FOR PREAKNESS It’s been a dozen years since Victor Espinoza won the Preakness Stakes on War Emblem, after riding […]

• ‘CHROME’ FACES PACE, SHORT INTERVAL IN PREAKNESS • FANS CAN PARTY ON AT SANTA ANITA PREAKNESS DAY • TRAINER PONDERS AMERICAN STAKES FOR TOM’S TRIBUTE ‘CHROME’ DOESN’T NEED THE LEAD IN PREAKNESS Facing perhaps half as many horses as he did in the Run for the Roses but twice as much pace, unlike his […]

• ADVICE TO STUTE WAS COSTLY FOR WHITTINGHAM • HIGHLY ACCLAIMED ’50-1′ DEBUTS IN CALIFORNIA MAY 23 • WINNING PRIZE, OBVIOUSLY WORK FOR AMERICAN PREAKNESS WINNER STUTE RECALLS WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN At the grand old age of 86, Mel Stute still has a goodly number of lucid brain cells, especially when it comes to […]

• CHELIOS STEPS UP IN GRADE III LAZ BARRERA • SATURDAY STAKE HONORS LATE TRAINING GREAT • PARTY ON AT SANTA ANITA ON PREAKNESS DAY CHELIOS MAKES STAKES DEBUT IN GRADE III BARRERA Chelios makes his first stakes start in his fourth career race when he runs in Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Laz Barrera Stakes […]

• SADLER HOPES LUCK TURNS AROUND FOR KOBE’S BACK • CALIFORNIA CHROME LOOMS ODDS-ON FOR PREAKNESS • VICTOR ESPINOZA RETURNS HOME TO SMELL THE ROSES KOBE’S BACK WELL-SCHOOLED AT GATE FOR BARRERA Kobe’s Back is John Sadler’s Joe Btfsplk. Btfsplk is the character in cartoonist Al Capp’s satirical comic strip Li’l Abner, who is the […]

• FANS BASK IN THE GLOW OF CALIFORNIA CHROME • CHROME GIVES WHITTIER MAN SHOT AT $1 MILLION • PUERTO RICAN ACE TO MAKE U.S. DEBUT SATURDAY ART SHERMAN: THE LITTLE TRAINER WHO COULD California slept easy last night. Slept easy with the peace of mind that all was right in the world of racing. […]

• SANTA ANITA HORSEMEN RALLY AROUND ‘CHROME’ • EVERYONE IS NOT IN THE ‘VANNGUARD’ FOR DERBY • SANTA ANITA IN DERBY SPIRIT FRIDAY & SATURDAY DERBY BREAK CRUCIAL FOR CHROME, BAILEY SAYS Victory in the Kentucky Derby could well depend on the breaks, or, more specifically, the break, when it comes to California’s pride and […]

• STEVENS SWEET ON ‘CANDY’ AFTER LATEST WORKOUT • SANTA ANITA HOSTS FESTIVE KENTUCKY DERBY CARD CANDY BOY NOT UNDER THE RADAR FOLLOWING SATURDAY DRILL While California Chrome has justifiably captured the hearts and minds of the racing world, once the gates open for the 140th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs next Saturday, all the […]

• CALIFORNIA CHROME SPARKLES IN FINAL PRE-DERBY WORKOUT • LOCAL BOYS MAKE GOOD: JONES, SOLIS TO ENTER HALL OF FAME • DERBY MILLIONAIRE CONTESTANT TO FIRE WITH $7,500 ON DERBY DAY CALIFORNIA CHROME IN ‘GREAT’ WORK FOR KENTUCKY DERBY Santa Anita Derby winner and Kentucky Derby favorite California Chrome had his final major workout before […]

• FUTURE IS NOW FOR YOUNG-AT-HEART COREY NAKATANI • IF AT FIRST HE DOESN’T SUCCEED, LAKERVILLE TRIES AGAIN • PERSERVERANCE PAYS OFF FOR AGENT IN RICH CT CLASSIC • TRAINERS’ RACE COULD GO DOWN TO TODAY’S FINALE NAKATANI GOING STRONG IN QUEST OF FIRST DERBY WIN Corey Nakatani will seek his first Kentucky Derby victory […]

• CALIFORNIA CHROME IN ‘GREAT’ WORKOUT FOR DERBY • TRAINER SEEKS ‘BLACK TYPE’ AGAINST BEHOLDER • SANTA ANITA ENDS ITS WINTER MEET TOMORROW CALIFORNIA CHROME IN PRISTINE DRILL AT LOS ALAMITOS Santa Anita Derby winner California Chrome took another step closer to the Kentucky Derby on May 3 when he worked four furlongs at his […]

• FOR SHERMAN, WINNING WAS ALWAYS IN THE CARDS • ‘NEW FACES’ MAKE PRESENCE FELT AT SANTA ANITA • GAME ON DUDE IN BULLET WORK FOR CHARLES TOWN WORK OF ART PAYS OFF FOR TRAINER SHERMAN Art Sherman and Vince DeGregory are two peas from the same generational pod: old, old school. They are racing’s […]

• ‘CHROME’ SPARKLES AS RACING’S NEWEST STAR • MORE THAN 35,000 ENJOY GREAT DAY AT SANTA ANITA • THREE WINNERS FROM MORE THAN 5,000 IN 5K RUNS CALIFORNIA CHROME ACHIEVES ROCK STAR STATUS Racing has itself a Rock Star. He’s California Chrome, who on Saturday started on the path of legends, winning the Santa Anita […]

• SHERMAN PUTS A ‘GOOD HORSE’ ON THE DERBY TRAIL • CALIFORNIA CHROME EARLY SANTA ANITA DERBY CHOICE • ARETHUSA SHOULD LIKE DISTANCE IN SANTA ANITA OAKS O’NEILL’S DERBY ADVICE: BRING BEST HORSE, ENJOY THE RIDE It’s been nearly 60 years since Art Sherman had a horseman’s interest in the Kentucky Derby. He was 18 […]

• ‘CHROME,’ CANDY BOY WORK FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY • FASHION PLATE SET FOR GRADE I SANTA ANITA OAKS FAVORITES DRILL FOR SATURDAY’S SANTA ANITA DERBY California Chrome and Candy Boy, the two favorites for next Saturday’s Grade I, $1 million Santa Anita Derby, had their final major drills Saturday morning for their highly anticipated […]

• ‘CHROME,’ CANDY BOY WORK FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY • TOC NAMES LEADING CALIFORNIA OWNERS OF 2013 ‘CHROME’ SPARKLES, CANDY BOY ‘SOLID’ IN SATURDAY DRILLS California Chrome and Candy Boy, who figure to be the top two betting choices in the Santa Anita Derby, had their penultimate workouts Saturday morning for the Grade I, $1 […]

• CALIFORNIA CHROME SET FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY • THESE ‘SHOES’ WERE MADE FOR SAN LUIS REY DISTANCE • BAYERN WORKS, BAFFERT UNDECIDED ON NEXT RACE • LUCARELLI PROUD OF FIRST GRADED WIN AT SANTA ANITA CALIFORNIA CHROME WORKS SATURDAY FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY Streaking California Chrome will make his next start in the Grade […]

• LUCAYAN RETURNS TO TURF MARATHON IN SAN LUIS REY • CALIFORNIA CHROME POSSIBLE FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY DRYSDALE SEEKS FIFTH SAN LUIS REY WIN SATURDAY Neil Drysdale is no stranger when it comes to winning marathon races. The Hall of Fame trainer has won the mile-and-a-half San Luis Rey Stakes four times, three times […]

• BLANC WORKS MARE TOWARDS SANTA ANA VICTORY • BRIGHT LIGHT GOES ON FOR CALIFORNIA CHROME • CHAMP BEHOLDER MOVES CLOSER TO 2014 RETURN PACE WOULD AID MISS SERENDIPITY IN SANTA ANA STAKES While Brice Blanc has never ridden Miss Serendipity in a race, he has worked her two times and is optimistic that the […]

• RECORD BIG ‘CAP WIN AN EMOTIONAL ONE FOR BAFFERT • SHERMAN MAKES HIS POINTS WITH CALIFORNIA CHROME • SANTA ANITA HANDICAP DAY TOTAL HANDLE UP 23 PERCENT GAME ON DUDE QUIETS CRITICS, TO BAFFERT’S DELIGHT Glib, flippant, aloof, unaffected. Those are the kinds of adjectives that permeate Bob Baffert’s public persona, but beneath that […]

• STEVENS VS. LUKAS PUTS LOYALTY ON BACK BURNER • MUCHO MACHO MAN EARLY 9-5 CHOICE FOR BIG ‘CAP • CALIFORNIA CHROME WORKS FOR SAN FELIPE • TALAMO REUNITED WITH CYCLOMETER IN SAN CARLOS STEVENS VS. LUKAS AGAIN IN SANTA ANITA HANDICAP Loyalty is a virtuous trait, but it won’t necessarily pay the bills. So […]

• THIS YEAR’S BIG ‘CAP STIRS MEMORIES OF GLORY YEARS • WHITE RECALLS 1988 SANTA ANITA HANDICAP REMATCH • BY ANY NAME, CHARITY BASKETBALL GAME’S A WINNER SANTA ANITA HANDICAP EVOKES THOUGHTS OF YESTERYEAR If racing is to rejuvenate itself, and with apologies to The Lone Ranger, of all people, the sport needs to “return […]

CASH PRIZES, NHC TOURNEY BERTHS AMONG MANY PRIZES OFFERED ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 22, 2014)–Santa Anita Park has announced that it will offer a series of four handicapping contests beginning with the “Santa Anita Double-Down Challenge” contest on March 1 & 2, with first prize to include a guaranteed berth to the $750,000 Daily Racing Form, […]

• CALIFORNIA CHROME IN SHARP DRILL FOR SAN FELIPE • PINCAY TO GREET FANS AT CHARITY BASKETBALL GAME • SILENTIO ON COURSE FOR GRADE I FRANK E. KILROE CALIFORNIA CHROME WORKS AT LOS AL FOR SAN FELIPE California Chrome worked six furlongs at Los Alamitos Saturday morning in 1:11.80 under regular rider Victor Espinoza as […]

• SMITH OPTIMISTIC ‘DUDE’ CAN BOUNCE BACK IN BIG ‘CAP • FOR JOCKEYS, CHARITY GAME SPARKS KINDRED SPIRIT • LAKERVILLE SEEKS TO STAY PERFECT ON DOWNHILL COURSE GAME ON DUDE HAS ROOM TO IMPROVE FOR BIG ‘CAP Generally speaking, “pace makes the race” is a dependable axiom in horse racing. It works in reverse, as […]

• STEVENS FOCUSED ON BIG ‘CAP VICTORY WITH ‘MACHO MAN’ • JOE TALAMO RETURNS HOME AFTER SEVEN-YEAR HITCH • JONES DOUBLE TEAMS LAKERVILLE IN SENSATIONAL STAR WINNING IS EVERYTHING IN SANTA ANITA HANDICAP While much of the racing world is converging on the hype of the Santa Anita Handicap on March 8 that has commitments […]

• MUCHO MACHO MAN, WILL TAKE CHARGE REMATCH IN BIG ‘CAP • RESPECT NO ISSUE FOR LAKERVILLE IN SENSATIONAL STAR • BARN WAKES UP FROM ‘KNAPP’ WITH TWO WINNERS WILL TAKE CHARGE TO FACE MUCHO MACHO MAN IN BIG ‘CAP “We’re coming.” With those words this morning from D. Wayne Lukas, the stage is set […]

• MUCHO MACHO MAN RETURNS FOR SANTA ANITA HANDICAP • ROSARIO HOPES FOR BETTER LUCK IN SAN VICENTE MUCHO MACHO MAN TO RUN IN SANTA ANITA HANDICAP MARCH 8 Mucho Macho Man returns to the scene of his greatest triumph when he comes to Santa Anita for the Santa Anita Handicap on March 8. Following […]

• GRADE II SAN VICENTE ‘TOUGH RACE’ FOR PAPA TURF • STEADY IOTAPA ON COURSE FOR GRADE II SANTA MARIA • DANCINGTOTHESTARS IN TUNE FOR MONDAY’S BUENA VISTA • ROUTE RIGHT DOWN THE ALLEY FOR VENERABLE MENSA HEAT KASPAROFF LOOKS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN SAN VICENTE Papa Turf takes on the heavyweights again when he runs […]

• MITCHELL, GARCIA, EGG DROP: IT’S ALL IN THE FAMILY • CALLAGHAN ‘EXCITED’ ABOUT CHERUBIM FOR SAN VICENTE • NAKATANI HAS ‘FAITH’ IN FILLY FOR GRADE II SANTA MARIA • DESORMEAUX STILL HAS ‘THE TOUCH’ WITH LIMITED RIDES • FORMER OWNER/TRAINER CURRIN PASSES AT AGE 77 EGG DROP ON HOLIDAY MENU MONDAY IN BUENA VISTA […]

• SADLER HOPES THAT LUCK’S BACK FOR KOBE’S BACK • ‘GOLDEN’ CLAIM FOR MILLER IN GRADE II SANTA MARIA • BUENA VISTA GRASS IS GREENER FOR MISS SERENDIPITY KOBE’S BACK ‘DOING WELL’ FOR SAN VICENTE STAKES If it wasn’t for bad luck, Kobe’s Back would have no luck at all. In his three starts, the […]

• CALIFORNIA CHROME PREPS AT LOS ALAMITOS FOR SAN FELIPE • BIRDLOVER FRESH FOR SUNDAY’S WISHING WELL STAKES DERBY HOPEFUL CALIFORNIA CHROME IN ‘PERFECT’ DRILL California Chrome, seeking to become the first California-bred to win the Kentucky Derby since Decidedly in 1962, worked towards his ultimate goal Saturday morning at Los Alamitos, going four furlongs […]

• SMITH, GAME ON DUDE START NEW YEAR IN SAN ANTONIO • ‘GREEN’ MIDNIGHT HAWK FAVORED TO REMAIN UNBEATEN • VENERABLE JERANIMO ENJOYS HIS DAYS AT THE TRACK SMITH HAPPY TO BE BACK ON GAME ON DUDE Horse of the Year seemed Game On Dude’s for the taking had he won or even fired his […]

• ‘FRIENDLY’ RIVALRY CONTINUES IN SAN ANTONIO • WEATHER’S BEEN SWEET FOR CANDY BOY’S TRAINING • LUCAYAN ‘FIRM’ CONTENDER IN GRADE II SAN MARCOS BAFFERT, HOLLENDORFER BATTLE A ‘DEAD-HEAT’ When it comes to rivalries, Baffert-Hollendorfer isn’t exactly Ali-Frazier, Red Sox-Yankees or Affirmed-Alydar, at least not for the record at this early stage. But uncannily, the […]

• GAME ON DUDE, MIDNIGHT HAWK WORK FOR BAFFERT • WILLYCONKER TACKLES HEAVYWEIGHTS IN SAN ANTONIO BAFFERT DUO DRILL FOR WEEKEND STAKES ENGAGEMENTS Game On Dude and Midnight Hawk took a baby step Sunday morning on potentially a path to greater glory, each working towards weekend stakes engagements for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. […]

• MALDONADO SEEKS TO TURN TABLES IN PALOS VERDES • ZUCKER HOPES TO CELEBRATE AT ‘SUPER BOWL PARTY’ • JERANIMO WORKS FOR NEXT SATURDAY’S SAN MARCOS MALDONADO EYES BETTER LUCK FOR MAJESTIC STRIDE With better racing luck, Edwin Maldonado could be unbeaten aboard Majestic Stride. His only loss in four rides on the 5-year-old Trippi […]

• ARE PATRICK VALENZUELA’S RIDING DAYS OVER? • EXCITING LAKERVILLE RETURNS TO RACES SUNDAY • HANDSOME MIKE MEETS SOFTER IN CLOCKERS’ CORNER IS RETIREMENT AT HAND FOR PATRICK VALENZUELA? Are Patrick Valenzuela’s riding days over? According to a text he sent his agent Saturday morning, they could be. “I’m sorry, Tom. I’m not riding any […]

• CYCLOMETER GOING STRONG FOR CAL CUP SPRINT • MILLER HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN SANTA MONICA • TALAMO KEEN ON SPRAGUE RIVER IN CAL CUP OAKS • EL COMMODORE FINDS NEW NICHE FOR MACHOWSKY SPRINTERS RUN ‘LONG’ AT BRUCE HEADLEY BARN Longevity is a strong suit at the Bruce Headley barn. The veteran […]

• SPELLBOUND SEEKS FIRST STAKES WIN IN LA CANADA • PAPA TURF ‘DOING WELL’ FOR MONDAY’S SAN PEDRO • TEDDY’S PROMISE WORKS FOR GRADE II SANTA MONICA SPELLBOUND ON FAVORITE COURSE IN LA CANADA If there are horses for courses, Spellbound certainly fits the category when it comes to running on Santa Anita’s main track. […]

• HOLLENDORFER IN PURSUIT OF FIRST SANTA ANITA TITLE • SHARED BELIEF WILL WORK WHEN HE’S ’100 PERCENT’ • ECLIPSE EXPERIENCE BITTERSWEET FOR YAKTEEN • APPRENTICE VANDYKE A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY HOLLENDORFER TAKES LEAD FROM BAFFERT IN TRAINERS’ RACE Team Hollendorfer is nothing if not confident. When a trainer has 6,568 victories and counting in […]

• GALLAGHER ROLLS THE ‘DICE’ IN STRUB STAKES • LET FAITH ARISE STRETCHES OUT IN LA CANADA • McANALLY HOPES MEGAHERTZ GRASS IS GREENER DICE FLAVOR TRIES DIRT FOR FIRST TIME IN STRUB Dice Flavor has won himself out nearly three times over since he was purchased for $100,000 at the Barretts 2-year-olds in training […]

• CONSISTENT HEAR THE GHOST SET FOR STRUB STAKES • SHARED BELIEF MISSES WORK BUT ON COURSE FOR LEWIS • STEVENS READY TO REUNITE WITH MUCHO MACHO MAN • IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY FOR KENTUCKY DERBY FEVER HOLLENDORFER HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN STRUB With three wins Saturday including the Grade II San Pasqual […]

• McANALLY’S SOUTH AMERICAN IMPORT FITS IN PASEANA • FAMILIAR NAMES ON TOP IN SANTA ANITA STANDINGS McANALLY ANTICIPATES MARE’S U.S. DEBUT IN PASEANA It would be only appropriate should Miss Serendipity win Sunday’s $75,000 Paseana Stakes for Ron McAnally. The 80-year-old Hall of Fame trainer conditioned the Eclipse Award-winning distaff star of the early […]

• SYNTHETIC TO DIRT NO CONCERN FOR ‘HAWK’ IN SHAM • CALLAGHAN HOPES DIRT IS GREENER FOR ONTOLOGY • ‘SPUD’ TRIES TO MASH FOES FOR MORENO IN SAN PASQUAL • MALDONADO EYES NATIONAL GOALS WITH NEW AGENT SPEEDY MIDNIGHT HAWK STRETCHES OUT IN SHAM STAKES Bob Baffert seeks his third win in just 13 runnings […]

• MAJESTIC CITY SET FOR GRADE II SAN PASQUAL STAKES • KRISTO WORKS FOR SATURDAY’S GRADE III SHAM STAKES MAJESTIC CITY STRETCHES OUT IN SATURDAY’S SAN PASQUAL Majestic City, a consistent and versatile son of City Zip, is on course for next Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 San Pasqual Stakes, an important steppingstone to the Grade […]

• HUNTSVILLE TRIES TO KEEP ‘HEAT’ ON IN SAN GABRIEL • SKY HIGH GAL WORKING WELL FOR MONROVIA STAKES • SHARED BELIEF DRILLS FOR 3-YEAR-OLD DEBUT IN LEWIS UNUSUAL HEAT OFF TO FAST START AS 24-YEAR-OLD STUD Like Old Man River, Unusual Heat jes’ keeps rollin’ along. The venerable stallion, who stands at Harris Farms […]

• NEW YEAR, NEW HORIZONS FOR SO-CAL HORSEMEN • STREAKING PONCHATRAIN SET FOR MONROVIA • WIN MACHINE JOE CARL POPULAR AT THE CLAIM BOX • HRTV TO TELEVISE LIVE ECLIPSE FINALISTS JAN. 8 HORSEMEN ADJUST TO TRANSITION IN TRAINING VENUES Horsemen who made Hollywood Park their primary training headquarters are adjusting to the new landscape […]

• APPEALING TRAINING WELL FOR SUNDAY’S FRANKEL • MACHOWSKY GOES TO ‘B TEAM’ FOR DAYTONA STAKES • MUCHO MACHO MAN SPECIAL AIRS ON HRTV SUNDAY • JERANIMO WORKS FOR ANOTHER RUN IN SAN GABRIEL GALLAGHER HAS ‘APPEALING’ CHANCE IN FRANKEL Even though she was 9-2 in the betting, Appealing disappointed when she finished fifth in […]

• LOSERS ARE WINNERS IN NEW YEAR DIET WAR • NO SHORTAGE OF BOBBY FRANKEL MEMORIES • NEW-LOOK SHOWVIVOR GETS UNDERWAY TODAY DIETERS TAKE WEIGHT AND SEE APPROACH IN CONTEST It has nothing to do with a New Year’s resolution, but agent Scotty McClellan and the Racing Department’s Tora Yamaguchi are in an avoirdupois adventure […]

• HOLIDAY SPIRIT IN FULL SWING AS SANTA ANITA BEGINS • SADLER HOPES TO DOUBLE HIS PLEASURE OPENING DAY • EXECUTIVEPRIVILEGE BACK ON THE BEAM FOR LA BREA • SANTA ANITA HAS GUARANTEED $500,000 LATE PICK 4 OPENING DAY GOOD CHEER FOR ALL EVERY DAY AT DOUG O’NEILL’S BARN Perhaps no operation in California racing […]

• STEVENS HAS BROTHERLY LOVE FOR ROLE MODEL • UNBEATEN BAKKEN INVADES FOR GRADE I MALIBU • TALAMO STAYS PUT FOR MADAME CACTUS IN LA BREA • THERE’S NO JET LAG FOR SIR BEAUFORT CONTENDER STEVENS REFLECTS ON HIS ‘MOST MEMORABLE YEAR’ Next month will mark a year since Gary Stevens made his comeback nearing […]